Sodas taxed in Berkeley, and yet another reason to move to Hawaii

Tuesday's votes have established that although a soda tax was defeated in San Francisco, it's standing its ground across the bay in Berkeley, One food writer who lives in Berkeley and supports the tax does wonder if it'll have the desired effect of reducing the amount of soda people drink. But it's exciting to see it happening somewhere besides West Virginia. Let's see what happens.

In other news, the Hawaii islands of Maui and Molokai have voted in a moratorium on the use of genetically modified or engineered crops. This means that any genetic modification and engineering operations in the county have to stop until an environmental and public health study is conducted and finds the proposed practice involving GMO's to be safe and harmless. This has big consequences in Hawaii as many large companies love the tropical climate and have been growing crops abundantly there.